‘We must always study the truth about the Holocaust, we must always remember it, prime minister says. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office on February 4, 2018. AFP / POOL /JIM HOLLANDER Israeli … Read More
Hamas sees ’95 percent’ chance of confrontation with Israel, Al Hayat reports, but sources say Hamas is attempting to ratchet up debate about the humanitarian crisis in the Strip A Palestinian demonstrator prepares to hurl a burning tire at Israeli … Read More
White water on the Jordan River (illustrative) Thursday, 01 February 2018 | Last week was one of the rainiest recorded in Israel in the past few years, but the country’s water situation is still dire. Israel’s national water company Mekorot … Read More
Hezbollah has responded to an op-ed published by IDF Spokesman Brig.-Gen. Ronen Manelis on Lebanese opposition websites, calling it “provocative words published by a coward.” “The article is nonsense and a provocation that is published by someone who is a coward,” wrote … Read More
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is doubling down on its threat to cut off aid to the Palestinians if they fail to “sit down and negotiate peace,” even as it proceeds with contentious plans to move the U.S. embassy to … Read More
WASHINGTON — Vice President Pence repeatedly made headlines during a four-day trip to the Middle East taken weeks after the Trump administration recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel —– a move that sparked protests throughout the region after Trump’s December announcement. … Read More
Pence will speak at the Knesset, meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin, tour Yad Vashem and visit the Western Wall. U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrives in the Jordanian capital Amman on January 20, 2018. KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP … Read More
Headed north? Photographer: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images On the wall of Amos Yadlin’s office at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, there is a framed Time magazine cover displaying an F-16A fighter jet — the plane Yadlin flew in 1981 when, as … Read More
Jerusalem (CNN) Palestinian leaders have called on the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) to suspend its recognition of Israel just days after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas urged the group to “revise” its agreements with the Jewish state. Abbas is head of … Read More
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Paris. (photo credit: PHILIPPE WOJAZER / REUTERS) PARIS – A day after President Donald Trump set an ultimatum to fix “disastrous flaws” in a deal curbing Iran’s nuclear program, … Read More